Association of Jail Decarceration and Anticontagion Policies With COVID-19 Case Growth Rates in US Counties

Eric Reinhart and Daniel L. Chen
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Eric Reinhart: Harvard University
Daniel L. Chen: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Mass incarceration is known to foster infectious disease outbreaks, amplification of infectious diseases in surrounding communities, and exacerbation of health disparities in disproportionately policed communities. To date, however, policy interventions intended to achieve epidemic mitigation in US communities have neglected to account for decarceration as a possible means of protecting public health and safety.

Date: 2021-09
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Published in JAMA Network Open, 2021, 4 (9), ⟨10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23405⟩

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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23405

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